Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital

June 8, 2022

VUSM faculty honored with emerita or emeritus status

Vanderbilt University recently honored several faculty members for their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Among them were 15 from the School of Medicine.

By VUMC News and Communications
José Ontiveros, center, and his wife, Isela Morales, to his left, are surrounded by some of the team members who helped save his life as he battled post-COVID complications, including from left, infectious disease specialist Karen Bloch, MD, MPH; interpreter Eleazar Jimenez; orthopaedic surgeon Amir Abtahi, MD; infectious disease specialist Christina Fiske, MD, MPH; and otolaryngologist Sarah Rohde, MD, MMHC.
March 16, 2022

Teamwork returns man with severe post-COVID complications to his life

A multidisciplinary team at Vanderbilt helped José Ontiveros cope with a long list of severe complications arising from his COVID-19i infection.

By Jill Clendening
Thanks to the care he received at Vanderbilt, Owen Canavan eventually was able to return to the gym after recovering from a devastating car accident. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
May 11, 2021

Canavan family gift to support VUMC Trauma Team

On April 7, 2017, a devastating car crash sent Owen Canavan to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Trauma Intensive Care Unit, and he credits the medical team for saving his life.

By Kristin Smart
December 17, 2020

Year in Review 2020: Medical Center shines in multiple national rankings

During the past year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center placed highly in several national rankings and was honored with numerous awards.

By Doug Campbell
September 8, 2020

Newsweek recognizes Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital as among America’s best

Newsweek has recognized the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital and its partner Encompass Health as among America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers for 2020.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 15, 2019

New Physician Spotlight: CJ Plummer

By Doug Campbell
August 1, 2019

Volunteer gardeners get creative to help rehab patients

A group of volunteer gardeners are using nature-related workshops to help Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital patients improve their fine-motor skills.
By Kelsey Herbers
July 24, 2019

Volunteer gardeners bring creativity, imagination and fine motor skills to rehabilitation patients

The team helped liven up Stallworth’s courtyard by planting sweet potato vines, basil, daisies, roses, mint, rosemary and oregano.
By Kelsey Herbers
May 16, 2019

Carly Schroeder had a stroke in her 20s. Now 10 years later, she is thankful for her life, her family and the care she received at Vanderbilt

"I'm eternally grateful to all the people that helped me through that dark time."
By Tavia Smith
March 28, 2019

Vanderbilt Stallworth celebrates 25 years of service

Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
By Holly Fletcher
March 28, 2019

First artificial heart patient gets permanent replacement

Tim Lowell of Hernando, Mississippi, received the first total artificial heart in the state of Tennessee when the cardiac surgery team at Vanderbilt Health placed the device in his chest on Sept. 26, 2018. The mechanical heart kept him alive for nearly three months until a matching human donor heart became available and he was transplanted on Dec. 16, 2018, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 25, 2019

Browning leaves behind legacy of buildings and better lives for the people who use them

It’s a crisp February morning and Ken Browning, just a few days short of his retirement, let his gaze travel down the Medical Center plaza. From where he stood, just outside Medical Center North, a three-block long canyon of buildings stretches south and forms the heart of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Wayne Wood
June 1, 2018

Father of Waffle House shooting victim describes daughter’s struggle, family’s pain

Tia Waggoner works day-by-day to rebuild her life
By Tavia Smith
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